The Fate Codex - Volume 2, Issue 6

The Fate Codex is a mostly-monthly e-zine featuring Quick Start Adventures and more for the Fate roleplaying system. The project, funded through Patreon, grows and swells as more patrons support our work. We've been lucky to have lots of folks pledge, and we're now entering our second year of production!

Our backers have enabled us to not only hire great authors, but also to include great art in every issue. Issue 6 of Volume 2 features Mike Mumah, Marissa Kelly, and Juan Ochoa! There's some great work in this piece and over 10,000 words of awesome Fate content, ready to be thrown into your next game of Fate.

Now we're bringing this content to you on DriveThruRPG, so you can find and download your issues easily. Since every title is saved to your library on the site, you'll always have The Fate Codex right at hand when you need it.

In this second issue of Volume 2, we've got:

An essay from Richard Bellingham expanding on horror tips from the Fate System Toolkit, Sustaining Dread, that shows you how to make every horror game emotionally memorable.

An essay by Sarah Richardson, Feminine Horror, that explores new ways to bring the experiences of women to the table, including monstrous pregnancies and more.

A systems piece the adds new mechanics for linking aspects to stress, Damaged Aspects, written by Brendan Conway!

A new Quick Start from Mark Diaz Truman, Nostradamus, in which an occult-obsessed serial killer terrifies 1972 Seattle.

Huge thanks to our great production team--Brendan Conway, Joshua Yearsley, Amanda Valentine, Shelley Harlan, and Thomas Deeny--for keeping us on task for this issue and pushing this thing forward. We hope you enjoy it!

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